About block 948,917
Bitcoin block 948,917 was mined by ViaBTC on May 11, 2026 at 9:19 AM UTC, 5 min 28 s after block 948,916. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,864 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0201 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1451 BTC for this block.
Block 948,917 is number 1,398 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 618 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,083 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. ViaBTC found 94 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,961 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.